Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: career

  • Money Means You Like Me

    This is the same question that came up on October 24th last year. My answer back then is still pretty spot on. Daily Prompt Response—Alternative Career Path. Even though I still maintain that the worst day at my not-so-new-anymore job is better than any random day at my old job, I have gotten a bit… →

  • Dare to Imagine

    I’ve already taken a pretty big risk. Last year I quit my job of 19 years, right on the eve of a sizable promotion. I was already the interim principal, sorry, “acting administrator”. Couldn’t use the word “principal” in my title until I had my masters degree. To become the actual principal, without the temporary… →

  • Defining Success

    When you think of the word “successful,” who’s the first person that comes to mind and why? I think there’s many ways to define success. Many different aspects of life that people can be successful at. To look at it strictly from a career standpoint, I would say my husband is successful. He’s just a… →

  • Just a Job

    List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter. It’s awfully bold of WordPress to assume that if money didn’t matter, I would consider pursuing a job at all, much less three. Why would I work if I don’t have to? Isn’t that what volunteering is all about? Which, I’m pretty sure we’ve been… →

  • “Surprise ‘em with a victory cry”

    What is your career plan? I used to be a major fan of the show “Glee”, though I didn’t watch the seasons after they graduated high school. One of my favorite songs that they covered was “Safety Dance”. None of their songs were original, so I know the original is from the 80s. But it… →

  • “Ryan Gosling is waiting for you!”

    What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? I spent a great deal of time last summer thinking about a job that I would like to do. Honestly, I loved job searching! It was the first time in my life I let myself think about doing something other than being a… →

  • I’m Tired and Itchy…Don’t Mess With Me

    When is the last time you took a risk? How did it work out? Didn’t we literally just talk about this yesterday?! I object to writing about it again. Instead, I will simply say that today I’m taking a risk by representing my department at a career fair for kids in the local school system.… →

  • Peace

    Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. It always tickled me last year when I made it public that I was leaving my job as principal. So many people asked me where I was going next and what I was going to do. I told them the truth by answering “I don’t… →

  • Work for Free or Volunteer?

    What job would you do for free? My first year as a teacher, I was enjoying it so much that I sometimes thought, and commented to people, that I’m actually getting paid to do this?! This is great! I briefly thought that I would even do it for free. 20 years later and I honestly… →

  • The Unchallenged

    What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? The great thing about this new life of mine…a life post-grad school, post-stressful career is that I don’t know what my biggest challenge will be in the next six months. While I was in grad school, the challenge was my internship, or… →